🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Shaykh Hassan
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell Shaykh Hassan — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Raqqa Governorate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Toquepala — Cave Painting North Panel (Tacna, Peru)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Toquepala — Cave Painting North Panel (Tacna, Peru) in Tacna, Toquepala, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Çavi Tarlası
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Çavi Tarlası — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Şanlıurfa Province.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege in Saxony-Anhalt, Altmark, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Fortress
Elmina Castle — São Jorge da Mina
Early Modern Atlantic (1482–1872 slave trade) · Portuguese / Dutch / Fante
Elmina Castle (São Jorge da Mina) 1482 Portuguese, oldest European building south of Sahara, UNESCO 1979 Forts and Castles of Volta 34. On Elmina peninsula rock.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka) in Nara, Asuka, Asuka-dera, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Diema — Rock Art North Panel (Mali)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Diema — Rock Art North Panel (Mali) in Kayes, Diema, Mali is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeolithic to Iro…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer
Middle Neolithic · Carnac Neolithic
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer at Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Carnac Neolithic tradition, built c. 4500 BCE for 140 m long tumulus.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes) in Luxor, Karnak, Ptah Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos) in Denizli, Laodicea, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock art
Taruca Rock Art — Panel North (Atacama, Chile)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Taruca Rock Art — Panel North (Atacama, Chile) in Antofagasta, Taruca, Chile is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to …
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev) in Southern, Arad, Tel Arad, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Cromlech of Xerez — East Axial Loop
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Cromlech of Xerez — East Axial Loop in Alentejo, Monsaraz, Telheiro, Portugal is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed…
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Djenné-Djeno — Mound Ancillary Brick Wall Sector
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Djenné-Djeno — Mound Ancillary Brick Wall Sector in Mopti, Djenné-Djeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolith…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Arpachiyah — Halaf Painted Pottery Mound
Halaf, Ubaid (6100–5500 BCE) · Halaf culture
Low mound outside Mosul lending name to Late Halaf painted ware zenith, excavated 1933 by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose and 1976 by Ismail Hijara.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian) in Antalya, Kaş, Patara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Saint-Just Megalithic Complex
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Saint-Just Megalithic Complex in Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Trethevy Quoit Cornwall
Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic
Trethevy Quoit Cornwall at Cornwall, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Cornish Neolithic tradition, built c. 3700 BCE for 10.5 tonne capstone with hole.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn — Firth, Orkney
Late Neolithic (c.3200–2900 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic (Grooved Ware)
Cuween Hill cairn (c.3200–2900 BCE) is a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn 21 m diameter crowning Cuween Hill above Kirkwall, with a 8-m low entrance passage leading to a 6-m central chamber with four…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Großsteingrab Soderstorf
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Großsteingrab Soderstorf in Lower Saxony, Lüneburg Heath, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Incallajta — North Kallanka Hall (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Incallajta — North Kallanka Hall (Cochabamba, Bolivia) in Cochabamba, Incallajta, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attri…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Dispilio Lake Settlement
Neolithic (5800–3000 BCE) · Middle Neolithic — Dispilio culture (Kastoria lake dwellings)
Neolithic lakeside settlement on Lake Orestida near Kastoria, Western Macedonia, occupied c.5800–3000 BCE on timber piles and platforms.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Medinet Madi — Sobek Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Fayum)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Medinet Madi — Sobek Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Fayum) in Fayum, Medinet Madi, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribute…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Taxila — Sirkap North Block Dwelling (Gandhara)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Taxila — Sirkap North Block Dwelling (Gandhara) in Punjab, Taxila, Sirkap, Pakistan is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …